Women Behaving Badly.

@jaboUK This is a very good system because it stops selfish individuals abusing the facilities that others have also paid for.

@Asylum Some places have a rule that you mustn't be more than half an hour. Some hotels and cruise ships will send a staff member round to collect any belongings, and people then have to go and claim them.

@DianneN Oh sheesh - did you have to plant that image in my head!

@jaboUK Isn't that a common practice in Europe? They come to Florida and the Caribbean and dress/ undress that way. It's not too common here.

@jaboUK Great! I'm booking the next plane out! I am so uncomfortable, that I avoid beaches if that happens.

@Marcyaz it was quite amusing to watch, but I couldn't really believe that they would screech at each other like that, and then for one to tip the other out - ridiculous.

@sueznewz2 That's true - i was ashamed to be a Brit when I saw the way they were behaving.

@jaboUK it could of been worse, if they'd been drinking...., it's behaviour like that that gives brits a bad name....

@Juliaacv Well I never would have guessed that you had a mean streak Remind me not to cross you when you're not well!

@T_gray They were middle aged women. Yes the beach is nicer, but you get sand everywhere

@jaboUK Oh, sand is just one price you pay. I would be on the beach anyday

@Lucky15 I think she only had a towel and a book, just something to mark it as hers

@jaboUK I seen that sort of thing happen on a cruise ship once. Carnival has a rule against leaving chair unattended, in order to keep people from hogging the chair if they are not using it. People cannot follow rules though, and it ruins life for everyone else. It is fine if the person who has there things in the chair is in the pool, but if they get up and go eat it is not okay to leave belongings there. This other lady moved the things off the chair so she could use the seat for her stuff while she was in the pool. The person that had been hording the chair comes back all pissed off, and a fight broke out. Security was called, and it just kind of messes everything up.

@slund2041 On the ships I've been on people are allowed to leave the beds for half an hour, after which a staff member removes their things. That seems fair to me. Otherwise, as both you and I have witnessed, it can become nasty.

@slund2041 Me too, it was embarrassing, but entertaining at the same time.

@jaboUK Well she could have just thrown them on the ground which I think she was entitled to do. I am still thinking that woman one should be warned for dumping the other woman, she made it physical, that has to be illegal. Very poor conduct, were they Americans?

@BelleStarr Yes, she was very rude, but so was the second woman. She shouldn't really have moved the other woman's things. Regarding your last comment - when we were in Tenerife the chap in the next room would get up at 5am just to claim sunbeds for his whole family! Ridiculous.

@BelleStarr I'm sorry to say that they were both Brits. If they'd been Americans I can see that a lawsuit may have ensued!

@amadeo To be fair Alfredo, I was using one too. We'd been out all morning so it's nice to relax by the pool. But as you say, no-one should save the beds.

@gudheart There were some farther back, not in such a good position.

@gudheart Yes, extremely silly.

@jaboUK Still seems rather silly thing to fight over!

@boiboing She might just have done that!

@ridingbet These women were well into middle age and should have known better. Thanks for liking the pic.

@ridingbet These women were obviously not as wise as you Ingrid

@jaboUK then there was still a bit of childishness to these women because they were acting so irrationally. If I were one of them, I would just talk slowly and in clarity so there will be no commotion, and if the woman I am talking to will not understand me, then my sarcastic personality will come out. How? By looking at her feet then up on her face. (Her feet are better-looking than her face). I won't stoop down to her level if she insists on her reasoning.

@Mike197602 Yes, I'm ashamed to say that they were English. I didn't see that film, but if you go for lunch then obviously you are going to be some time. It's not fair to try and save a bed.

@jahunt Yes, i found it amusing too. She wouldn't have left anything of value, just a towel or something to 'mark her territory'.

@jaboUK I agree. If you have to go to the bathroom or get a drink or check on your child or whatever, then it is not fair that you have to give up your seat, because you will only be gone for a short time. If you are planning on having an entire meal or going shopping or getting a haircut or whatever, though, then I think it is unreasonable to think that you should be able to save the seat for that long. Other people have just as much right to use it as you do, and they would be actively using it while you were not.

@purplealabaster That's a good saying. It's fair enough if you want to go to the toilet or get a drink, but 10 minutes should be ample of time to do that.

@purplealabaster You are exactly right.

@jaboUK hello,sorry i been away for almost 2 month because my daughter open her business and i help her manage , i miss you though

@delyaj30 I remember you saying that you were helping your daughter. No need to apologise, I'm just glad that your absence wasn't due to illness.

@delyaj30 Yes, it was silly behaviour. How are you? I haven't seen you for a while.

@jaboUK just like that? I would have gone on a hot pursuit operation if that was me.

@yalul070 I don't know if I'd gone after her - she was a big woman!

@yalul It was quite entertaining to watch, but they didn't actually fight. The woman that was tipped out just got back on, and the other woman disappeared.

@jaboUK The 2nd woman could have been in some trouble if the 1st woman found, or claimed, that anything had gone missing from her things.

@DWDavis That's true, and the 2nd woman could have sued the first for tipping her out! Sheesh!

@DWDavis There were plenty of sunbeds, just not in such a favourable position. I don't believe the 2nd woman should have moved the other one's things, but the first woman was much more in the wrong.

@hostessman You're lucky that your wife doesn't give you a slap!

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@jaboUK honest jabo she made me do it. would I lie to you!!!!!!!!!!!

@AnneEJ You've hit the nail on the head, and they were middle aged.

@AnneEJ No I didn't feel like getting involved with them at all.

@jaboUK Did you feel like giving them a "time out"